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Asymptotic behavior of weighted sums involving the fractional part function

Currently, I am studying the asymptotic behavior of sums of the form \begin{equation}\label{eq1}\tag{1} \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} f(n-k) \left\{ \frac{n}{k} \right\} \end{equation} In this context, based on ...
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Mellin transform at $0$

Let $f$ be a smooth complex valued function with support on $[0,2]$ and with Mellin transform $\tilde{f}$. Recall that the Mellin transform is defined as $$\tilde{f}(w)=\int_0^{\infty}f(x)x^{w-1}dx.$$ ...
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Asymptotic behavior of partial sums of Dirichlet series

Consider the Dirichlet series: $$\sum_{n \geq 1} \frac{a_n}{n^s} = \frac{\zeta(s+1/3)}{\zeta(s)}$$ where $\zeta(s)$ is the Riemann zeta function. Question: Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis (RH), how ...
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On Zudilin's linear forms in $1,\zeta(5)$ and $\zeta(7)$

I am reading an article "Well-poised hypergeometric service for diophantine problems of zeta values" by W. Zudilin. Consider the quantities defined here in pg. $617$ $$\tilde{F_n}:= \frac{1}{...
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Sums of multiplicative functions over residue classes

It was stated in this Shiu, P. work, page 169, Theorem 2, that $$\sum_{\substack{n\le x\\ n\equiv a\pmod k}}d_r^{\ell}(n)\ll\frac{x}{k}\left(\frac{\phi(k)}{k}\log x\right)^{r^{\ell}-1}.$$ Here, $d_r(n)...
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Sum of reciprocals of rough numbers

Let $x$ and $y$ be given real numbers. We may suppose that $2\leqslant x \leqslant y$ and that $u:= \log(y)/\log(x)$ remains bounded in a compact set away from $1$ as $x,y\to\infty$. An integer $n$ is ...
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Asymptotic behavior in a modular color-cycling problem

Consider the following problem: We have $k$ rooms, each equipped with a light that cycles through three colors – red, green, and blue – in a cyclic order. Initially, all lights are set to red. Each of ...
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A Brun-Titchmarsh type result for divisor sums; asymptotic/improved bound

In Shiu's work ('A Brun-Titchmarsh theorem for multiplicative functions') he proved that if $r\le x$ is a natural number, we have $$\sum_{r<n\le x}d(n)d(n-r)\ll x\log^2x\sum_{d|r}\frac{1}{d}.$$ I ...
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On the asymptotic behaviour of the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left ( \frac{\zeta(ns)}{n}+\frac{s}{1-ns}\right )$ near $s=0$

I am interested in determining the behaviour of the the series/function $$f(s)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left ( \frac{\zeta(ns)}{n}+\frac{s}{1-ns}\right )$$ near $s=0$. It is clear that $f(0)$ is undefined....
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A sharper estimate for a generalization of the sum-of-divisors function

I am interested in the function $f_n(m)$ which can be defined by the Dirichlet generating function $$\zeta(s)\zeta(s - 1) \cdots\zeta(s - n + 1) = \sum\limits_{m = 1}^\infty \frac{f_n(m)}{m^s} $$ This ...
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Probability that a positive integer is in the range of the Euler phi function

Define $f(n) = |\{m : m\le n, \exists k \text{ s.t. }\phi(k) = m\}|$. Clearly, $f(n)\le \left\lfloor \frac{n}{2}\right\rfloor + 1$ since $\phi(n)$ is even for all $n > 2$. Is $\limsup_{n\...
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Lindelöf hypotheses for derivatives of zeta

The Lindelöf hypothesis says that if we have: $$\zeta(\sigma+iT)=\mathcal O(T^a)$$ Then if one considers $\sigma=1/2$ then $\inf a=0$. Further, from convexity and the functional equation this implies ...
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Asymptotics of $\vartheta(x+y)-\vartheta(x)$, where $\vartheta$ is the Chebyshev function, when $y\in[x^\alpha, x]$ for some $\alpha\in(0,1)$

Introduction Consider $\vartheta$ to be the Chebyshev function, that is, $\vartheta(x)$ denotes, for $x\in\mathbb N$, the sum $\sum_{p\le x,\ p\text{ prime}} \ln p$. I am interested in asymptotics for ...
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Asymptotic behaviour of a sum involving Möbius function

(This is a cross-posted simplification of this question posted in MSE which did not have a complete answer.) I am trying to get the asymptotic behaviour when $n$ grows to infinity of a partial sum of ...
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Does the mean ratio of the largest prime factor in prime gaps to the lower bound of the gap converge?

Posting in MO since this questions has been unanswered in MSE for 3 months. Let $p_n$ be the $n$-th prime and $q_n$ be largest among all the prime factors of the composite numbers between $p_n$ and $...
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Equidistribution on the unit circle of particular sequences of finite subsets

Given a strictly convex function $g : [0, 1] \to \mathbb{R}$, I'm curious about the asymptotic distribution of the points $\exp{(2 \pi i N g(n / N))}$ for $n = 1, 2, \dots, N$, counted with ...
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Asymptotic counts for imaginary quadratic discriminants with fixed splitting conditions

Let $p$ be prime and $r$ be a positive integer. I am interested in asymptotics for the number of imaginary quadratic discriminants $d$ such that $p$ does not divide the conductor of $d$, $p$ splits ...
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Series with the smallest number whose square is divisible by $n$

I was looking into this sequence. And I'm particularly interested in the asymptotic behavior of the following series (which is stated on the site) $$\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{a(k)} \sim \frac{3(\log n)^2}...
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On conjectures about the arithmetic function that counts the number of Sophie Germain primes

I've edited this post two years ago on Mathematics Stack Exchange, with identifier 3590406 and same title On conjectures about the arithmetic function that counts the number of Sophie Germain primes, ...
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Error term in França-LeClair approximation of zeta zeros

The imaginary part of the $n$th critical zero of the Riemann zeta function with positive imaginary part (in increasing order) is asymptotically $$ t_n \sim 2\pi\frac{n}{\log n} $$ and has been ...
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Does the Riemann hypothesis predict a bound for this prime-counting function?

Does the Riemann hypothesis predict an upper bound for $$\left|f(x)-\left(\operatorname{li}(x)-\frac{x}{\log x} \right)\right|,\quad x\ge 2\tag{1}$$ where $$f(x)=\sum\limits_{n=2}^x \frac{\Lambda(n)}{\...
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Probability of large gcd

Is the following statement true? Let $N$ be sufficiently large, and choose $t$ uniformly randomly in $\{1,2,\ldots,N\}$. Then $$\Pr[\gcd(t, N)>N^{3/4}] < N^{-1/16}.$$ This is the "dual"...
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Asymptotic number of "modular primes"

We can say that a number $p$ is prime modulo $N$ if for any two numbers $1<a,b<p$, $ab \not\equiv p \pmod N$. We will define $p(n)$ to be the number of primes mod $n$. I'm wondering about the ...
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Mertens-like theorem

Mertens' first theorem states that $$ \sum_{p \leq n} \frac{\log p}{p} = \log n + O(1). $$ I read in this paper that the following variant is "classical": $$ \sum_{p \leq n} \frac{\log p}{p -...
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What work can be done to study the solutions of $\varphi\left(x^{\sigma(x)}\sigma(x)^x\right)=2^{x-1} x^{3x-1}\varphi(x)$?

For integers $n\geq 1$ I denote the Euler's totient function as $\varphi(n)$ and the divisor function $\sum_{1\leq d\mid n}d$ as $\sigma(n)$, that are two well-known mulitplicative functions. We ...
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Is there a "convolution" of asymptotic growth?

Suppose that I have two asymptotic counts given by $$ \#\{x \in [0,H] \cap \mathbb Z: f(x) \leq H\} \sim F(H) $$ and also $$ \#\{x \in [0,H] \cap \mathbb Z: g(x) \leq H\} \sim G(H). $$ From these two ...
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Around similar inequalities than an inequality due to Nicolas, that involve products of consecutive Ramanujan primes

This is cross-posted (and this post is a version to ask just around the veracity of Conjecture 1) as the post with identifier 3594907 and same title), that I've edited on Mathematics Stack Exchange ...
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Relevance of the deduction of similar theorems than Maier's theorem for other prime constellations

A year ago I asked this question on Mathematics Stack Exchange with identifier 4245823 and same title Relevance of the deduction of similar theorems than Maier's theorem for other constellations of ...
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Asymptotic bound of some number theoretic function

I asked this in stack exchange but did not get anything so I am posting it here. I am self-studying asymptotic behavior of some number theoretic function and the following question comes up. Let $n$ ...
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Similar problems for the Dedekind psi function than those that are in the literature for the Euler's totient function: reference request or proposals

I know the linked articles from Wikipedia for the Euler's totient function and the Dedekind psi function. I know that are in the literature famous, interesting and difficult problems involving the ...
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A similar inequality for the Dedekind psi function, than an inequality stated by Schinzel

I would like to ask about the next question that seems to me interesting. I know an article that was written by Andrzej Schinzel in which he stated Lemma 2. In this post we denote the Dedekind psi ...
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On the behaviour for the quotient involving Fermat numbers of $\frac{\psi(F_m)}{F_m}$ where $\psi(x)$ denotes the Dedekind psi function

In this post we denote the Dedekind psi function as $\psi(m)$ for integers $m\geq 1$. This is an important arithmetic fuction in several subjects of mathematics. As reference I add the Wikipedia ...
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On an inequality for the arithmetic function counting the number of primes $\lfloor n^c\rfloor$ in the spirit of Ramanujan's prime counting inequality

In page 3 of [1] (please see if you need it the book by Berndt) Axler refers an inequality that involves the prime-counting function $\pi(x)$ and that was deduced by Ramanujan. I'm curious to know if ...
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Relation between $\pi$, area and the sides of Pythagorean triangles whose hypotenuse is a prime number

Consider all Pythagorean triangles $a^2 + b^2 = p^2$ in which the hypotenuse $p$ is a prime number. Let $h(x) = \sum_{p \le x}p^2$, $a(x) = \sum_{p \le x}ab$ and $r(x) = \sum_{p \le x}(a+b)^2$. Is it ...
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Number of solutions of linear congruence with bounded variables

Fix some nonzero integers $a_1, \dots, a_k$, with $k \geq 2$, and some real numbers $c_1, \dots, c_k \in (0,1)$. For every positive integer $m$, let $N(m)$ be the number of $k$-tuple of integers $(x_1,...
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Asymptotic lower bound for the number of square free with at least two prime factors

In one of Soundararajan's papers, he claims without proof that it is a standard exercise to show that the number $N(X)$ of positive square-free integers $d \equiv 1 \; \bmod \; 8$ less than $X$, with ...
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A bound for the number of integer solutions to a simple inequality

I am interested in proving an upper bound (expressed as a power of $N$, with $N\rightarrow\infty$ ) for the number of elements of the set $$ A_N=\{(k,l,m,n)\in([N,2N]\cap\mathbb{Z})^4: |k^2+l^2-m^2-n^...
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Asymptotic estimate for an integral involving the squared modulus of the Riemann zeta function

For any fixed $\frac{1}{2} < \sigma < 1$, let $$\int_0^T \frac{|\zeta(\sigma+it)|^2}{\sqrt{1+t^2}} \ dt = O(T^\theta), \qquad T \uparrow \infty. $$ It is clear that $\theta > 0$, since we ...
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Approximation of $\sum_{\rho}\frac{1}{|\rho|^2}$, over the non-trivial zeros of the Ramanujan's zeta function

I would like to know if it in the literature an approximation for $$\sum_{\rho}\frac{1}{|\rho|^2}\tag{1}$$ where the sum is over all of the non-trivial zeros of the Ramanujan's zeta function (also ...
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A similar lemma to a lemma due to Lagarias, for the partial sums of reciprocal of primes

I was inspired in Lemma 3.1 of [1] and in the Theorem 4.12 of [2] to ask about a similar statement that shows Lagarias in his paper as Lemma 3.1. The Lemma from Lagarias's paper is that if $H(n)=\...
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Sequences with high densities of primes: how to boost them to get even more and larger primes

I propose a methodology to help find large prime numbers with a much higher probability than picking up random numbers and testing them for primality. This would help speed up prime number generators ...
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What is the growth rate of the sum of powers of distinct primes closest to a given a integer?

Let $n$ be a positive integer, and $$2 = p_1 < p_2 < \dots < p_m \le n$$ be the sequence of all primes less than or equal to $n$. For each index $j$ let $p_j^{e_j}$ be the largest power of $...
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On variations of a claim due to Kaneko in terms of Lehmer means

This post is cross posted from Mathematics Stack Exchange, due that there was a mistake from my part (see the excellent partial answer and my thread of edits of my question on MSE) this post on ...
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On $\sum_{\substack{1\leq d\leq x\\(d,r)=1}}\frac{\mu(d)}{d}W(\frac{x}{d})$, with $\mu(n)$ the Möbius function and $W(x)$ the Lambert $W$ function

I wondered if it is possible to posed a similar question than Question 2 by Olivier Ramaré from [1] (page 231), although the computational evidence that I have for my conjecture is very small. ...
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On $(\prod_{\substack{1\leq s\leq X\\s\text{ semiprime}}}s)(\sum_{\substack{1\leq s\leq X\\s\text{ semiprime}}}\frac{1}{s})$ as $X\to\infty$

Few weeks ago an user from Mathematics Stack Exchange answered my question On an inequality that involves products and sums related to the sequence of semiprimes (asked May 26). It seems that for ...
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What about series involving strong primes?

I know about the importance in analytic number theory of the sutdy of series involving prime numbers or constellations of prime numbers, for example, if I am not wrong, major theorems are Mertens' ...
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Asymptotics on a double sum over primes

I am attemping to find asymptotics of $$\sum_{p \leq n}\ln p \left( \sum_{k=1}^\infty \left(\left\{\frac{n}{p^k} \right\} - \left\{\frac{n-1}{(p-1)p^k} \right\} \right) - \left\{\frac{n-1}{p-1} \...
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From an inequality for the Euler's totient function to a combination of Firoozbakht's conjecture and Nicolas' criterion for the Riemann hypothesis

In this post we ask about the veracity of an inequality deduced from a combination of Firoozbakht's conjecture (see [1] or [2]) and Nicolas' criterion for the Riemann hypothesis (see for instance [3])....
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On the equation that involves the Dedekind psi function $\psi(x)=n$ with unique solution $x$, for a fixed integer $n\geq 1$

The Dedekind psi function is defined for a positive integer $m>1$ as $$\psi(m)=m\prod_{\substack{p\mid m\\p\text{ prime}}}\left(1+\frac{1}{p}\right)\tag{1}$$ with the definition $\psi(1)=1$. See ...
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Partial sums involving Gregory coefficients that cannot be an integer

For integers $n\geq 1$ let $G_n$ be the Gregory coefficients or reciprocal logarithmic numbers, see the Wikipedia [Gregory coefficients.] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_coefficients) $${z\...